Well some of you may remember the post/rant i made about an issue i had back in September 2019 well it would seem that the person has learnt no lesson from that evening at all.
Damage wise its no where near as bad but again my rebuilt workshop has taken damage to the roof covering this time, its now covered in small burn holes which has caused a leak in the roof so i have had some lengths of oak which have been damaged by water, some tools that have got wet because of the leak and the only thing i am happy about is that i never changed the roof covering this year to rubber as it would have been £1500 lost.
A couple of images of the hole in the roof covering, a link to a video of them burning rubbish in the back garden and the view of it from my upstairs window and also a photo of how far away from the fence they were burning this stuff.
The workshop roof is full of these burn holes and they are all around the area where the fire was.
this was the view of them having a fire from my upstairs window and its not the first time this has happened as my neighbours keep telling me they do it a lot and always in the same place.
this is the distance from the fence that they were having a fire. this is just a open fire of green garden waste on a concrete pad where the person was going to have a shed built. Its not really the fire that has worried me its the embers from the fire doing damage to my workshop roof and also the amount of ash that is blown by the wind/breeze into my garden, i have been out that in the afternoon when there has been hot embers and ash raining down meaning i have had to come indoors as it was not a nice place to be and not wanting to get covered in small burns and ash.
I have tried to speak to the neighbour about this problem and all i get is that the fire is under control and her garden who has the fires knows what he is doing but that was before they burnt holes in my roof and now it seem the neighbour is to busy to sort it out between us or would just rather not talk to me about the issue.
So i now have a choice to make
1: - I take my chances and cover the roof in rubber and hope they stop burning wet garden waste there so it won't get burnt again but i don't see this happening
2: - Spend some time and more money changing the roof from a flat roof to a pitched roof so i can put felt on it which would hopefully cope better with hot embers landing on it. Of course this is the more expensive option because the flat roof is already built and would mean more timber and the roof covering would have to be bought along with the time to rebuild it and of course the need for some okay weather
3: - i guess my only other option is to pull it down and not have a space where i can Paint things, build things etc
It upsets me that if i have a fire i do it in a burn bin to stop the hot embers, ash etc being blown around in the wind and i don't burn green waste which tends to smoke and spit more than dry timber (i only burn timber off cuts from projects) and i do my best to make sure that i am not causing anyone any problems and of course making sure i am not damaging anyone property even when these people don't do the same in return.
Out of the three neighbours i have (one on the left, one on the right and the one behind) i only have one good neighbour on the right hand side the one on the left likes to attach things like decorative panels, down pipe clips (which the screws stick threw the feather edge panel on my side) and lights to my fence panels pulling the feather edge boards off the panels, at no point have they asked if they can attach things to my fence at all and the one behind likes to burn my stuff, cost me money and then have the cheek to ask me to help her out with odd jobs and not pay for.
I have only just started to find my feet again after the fire in 2019 and can not afford to keep spending money fixing things other people have damaged but on the other hand without the workshop i really do think that would have a big impact on my health. I don't remember if i said about this in 2019 or not but i suffer with my health and found out in 2009 i had CFS/ME and the chances of me working again were pretty much 0 out of 10 but i have manage to get myself to a point where i can do an hour or two and some days maybe more but then i still also have days where i can't do anything but when i do feel able its a great relief to be able to get out there and make something from scratch or to take something and make it look like the vision i have in my head.
I used to love cars and working on them but in 2019 when i lost my Volkswagen Transporter van which i has been converting in to a camper van and fully restoring i lost love after watching it all go up in smoke and this might sound stupid to some people but after the hundreds of hours that were put into that van to make it better than it left the factory was heartbreaking. I suffered pretty badly mental health wise after the fire with having no workshop which was the space i went to when things were hard and i need some chill out time.
I have made some nice/cool things so i am told and have been told i should do it full time and sell things online and yes to a point i agree some things i do stand back and feel proud that i have managed to do that after all i was told i wouldn't be able to and i would love to take it on and do it but its like this week i had been asked to recover a bar billiards table for a friend of my dads after refinishing and recovering my uncles one two weeks ago but with a leaking workshop roof i don't have the space to do it so again a positive thing turns into a negative thing and i am at a loss if i should just give up the hands on stuff and just take up watching TV and play video games all day everyday
I won't bore you anymore. i just wish people could learn from the past and have more respect for other peoples stuff and even more so neighbours as we have to live next to each other ffs or maybe i am just out of line and asking to much
Damage wise its no where near as bad but again my rebuilt workshop has taken damage to the roof covering this time, its now covered in small burn holes which has caused a leak in the roof so i have had some lengths of oak which have been damaged by water, some tools that have got wet because of the leak and the only thing i am happy about is that i never changed the roof covering this year to rubber as it would have been £1500 lost.
A couple of images of the hole in the roof covering, a link to a video of them burning rubbish in the back garden and the view of it from my upstairs window and also a photo of how far away from the fence they were burning this stuff.
The workshop roof is full of these burn holes and they are all around the area where the fire was.
this was the view of them having a fire from my upstairs window and its not the first time this has happened as my neighbours keep telling me they do it a lot and always in the same place.
this is the distance from the fence that they were having a fire. this is just a open fire of green garden waste on a concrete pad where the person was going to have a shed built. Its not really the fire that has worried me its the embers from the fire doing damage to my workshop roof and also the amount of ash that is blown by the wind/breeze into my garden, i have been out that in the afternoon when there has been hot embers and ash raining down meaning i have had to come indoors as it was not a nice place to be and not wanting to get covered in small burns and ash.
I have tried to speak to the neighbour about this problem and all i get is that the fire is under control and her garden who has the fires knows what he is doing but that was before they burnt holes in my roof and now it seem the neighbour is to busy to sort it out between us or would just rather not talk to me about the issue.
So i now have a choice to make
1: - I take my chances and cover the roof in rubber and hope they stop burning wet garden waste there so it won't get burnt again but i don't see this happening
2: - Spend some time and more money changing the roof from a flat roof to a pitched roof so i can put felt on it which would hopefully cope better with hot embers landing on it. Of course this is the more expensive option because the flat roof is already built and would mean more timber and the roof covering would have to be bought along with the time to rebuild it and of course the need for some okay weather
3: - i guess my only other option is to pull it down and not have a space where i can Paint things, build things etc
It upsets me that if i have a fire i do it in a burn bin to stop the hot embers, ash etc being blown around in the wind and i don't burn green waste which tends to smoke and spit more than dry timber (i only burn timber off cuts from projects) and i do my best to make sure that i am not causing anyone any problems and of course making sure i am not damaging anyone property even when these people don't do the same in return.
Out of the three neighbours i have (one on the left, one on the right and the one behind) i only have one good neighbour on the right hand side the one on the left likes to attach things like decorative panels, down pipe clips (which the screws stick threw the feather edge panel on my side) and lights to my fence panels pulling the feather edge boards off the panels, at no point have they asked if they can attach things to my fence at all and the one behind likes to burn my stuff, cost me money and then have the cheek to ask me to help her out with odd jobs and not pay for.
I have only just started to find my feet again after the fire in 2019 and can not afford to keep spending money fixing things other people have damaged but on the other hand without the workshop i really do think that would have a big impact on my health. I don't remember if i said about this in 2019 or not but i suffer with my health and found out in 2009 i had CFS/ME and the chances of me working again were pretty much 0 out of 10 but i have manage to get myself to a point where i can do an hour or two and some days maybe more but then i still also have days where i can't do anything but when i do feel able its a great relief to be able to get out there and make something from scratch or to take something and make it look like the vision i have in my head.
I used to love cars and working on them but in 2019 when i lost my Volkswagen Transporter van which i has been converting in to a camper van and fully restoring i lost love after watching it all go up in smoke and this might sound stupid to some people but after the hundreds of hours that were put into that van to make it better than it left the factory was heartbreaking. I suffered pretty badly mental health wise after the fire with having no workshop which was the space i went to when things were hard and i need some chill out time.
I have made some nice/cool things so i am told and have been told i should do it full time and sell things online and yes to a point i agree some things i do stand back and feel proud that i have managed to do that after all i was told i wouldn't be able to and i would love to take it on and do it but its like this week i had been asked to recover a bar billiards table for a friend of my dads after refinishing and recovering my uncles one two weeks ago but with a leaking workshop roof i don't have the space to do it so again a positive thing turns into a negative thing and i am at a loss if i should just give up the hands on stuff and just take up watching TV and play video games all day everyday
I won't bore you anymore. i just wish people could learn from the past and have more respect for other peoples stuff and even more so neighbours as we have to live next to each other ffs or maybe i am just out of line and asking to much